※Instructor: Prof. Alice ※Group Members: Iris Vicky Sharon Melinda

1. ICT in English language teaching ※Instructor: Prof. Alice ※Group Members: Iris Vicky Sharon Melinda 2010.May.13

2. Outline What is ICT --Information Technology Capacity (IT Capacity) --Functions of ICT --Advantage Teaching Learning Research Paper --Disadvantage

4. Traditional ICT

5. --Example websites -- Important organizations --NGFL, BESA, TEEM, KITSch, Becta,

6. What is Information and Communications Technology(ICT)? Website resources Media material Software

7. Media materials such as TV, video and radio resources Micro-computers Peripherals such as alternative access tools, interfaces for control and sensing equipment Internet access and use Integrated learning systems Video conferencing facilities Electronic mail systems Electronic toys/programmable vehicles Electronic assessment and recording systems

8. What is Information Technology Capacity? An ability to --use ICT tools effectively --solve problems --to analyze, process and present information --support learning in a variety of contexts --understanding the implication of ICT for working life and society

9. Functions of ICT Speed and automatic functions:monitoring, controlling and feedback Capacity and Range:richness of resources, the power of communication Provisionality: ease of amending the outputs Interactivity: dynamic feedback and immediate response to changing inputs

10. Advantages of ICT for Teaching-1 Presenting information and ideas in a dynamic, attractive and exciting way. Explaining some difficult concepts and knowledge easily Ensuring clear delivery of teaching points Assisting in the preparation of teaching materials

11. Advantages of ICT for Teaching-2 Assisting with time management in class Helping to cater for students with difficult abilities Helping to develop students’ co-operative learning skills Assessing students and using the information gained to extend their learning Sharing ideas, communicating with the outside world and getting new information about the subject being taught

12. Advantages of ICT for Learning-1 reinforcing students’ learning in a variety of ways Allowing students to change things easily if they make mistakes, want to add or delete something, try out ideas or make improvements Enabling them to learn by themselves at their own pace Saving time Allowing students easy access to a wide range of information

13. Advantages of ICT for Learning-2 Helping them to interpret data and communicate what they have found out Enabling them to learn subjects that are difficult or dangerous to teach Enabling them to connect with the outside world Being patient with students when they make mistakes or do not understand Improving their thinking

14. NGFL Approved Sites for Learning ICT can facilitate learning and teaching in different fields and subjects For instance, Drumcroon is for art Drumcroonhttp://www.drumcroon.org.uk History：Cadbury’s History http://www.cadburylearningzone.co.uk/history/index.htm

15. NGFL Approved Sites for Learning TeacherNethttp://www.teachernet.gor.uk National Curriculum Onlinehttp://www.nc.uk.net Virtual Teacher Centerhttp://vtc.ngfl.gov.uk Teacher Resource Exchangehttp://contribute.ngfl.gov.uk

16. Even you are looking for something cool… Cool Planet – good resource for English teachinghttp://www.oxfam.org.uk/coolplanet/index.html

17. ICT and educational (dis)advantage：families, computers and contemporary socical and educational inequalities ~ Lawrence Angus, Ilana Snyder & Wendy Sutherland-Smith University of Ballarat, Australia；Monash University, Australia

18. Qualitative research Four different families Equal access to ICT -- previous disadvantaged family members are not particularly advantaged by their access to Information and communication Technologies(ICT) Conclusion：ICT can break through the limitation from social-political influence regardless of the complexity and variety of learners

19. English learning websites can be your teachers who are … Free Resourceful Always available and most importantly…

20. You will NEVER be failed even if you are not that good in all kind of circumstances. For instance, if you were lazy…

21. Some organizations—NGFL(National Grid for Learning)BectaKITSchBESATeem Principles Development Government policy

22. Computers can never replace teachers. Computers can free teachers to do what we do best—teaching.

23. Disadvantage Machine translation Providing appropriate feedback to learners Voice recognition Grammar checking Essay marking

24. 1. Machine translation： The derivation of language formula causes serious breakdowns in the comprehensibility of machine-translated text

25. 2. Providing appropriate feedback to learners Mechanized systems don’t have the capacity to customized feedback with the same sensitivity that a human instructor does

26. 3. Voice recognition It refers to a capability of a computer or software program to accept and interpret spoken dictation, or to understand and carry out voice command

27. 4. Grammar checking The software isn’t sensitive to contexts or convention of uses

28. 5. Essay marking The computer doesn’t access whether the writer has in fact addressed the essay topic

29. Ask not what your country can do for you — ask what you can do for your country. ~John F. Kennedy … President of United States Inaugural Address (1961) Ask not what you can do for the Internet – ask what the Internet can do for you.

30. How can we learn and teach English by using websites? Listening, speaking, reading, writing and software